Empty halls, cancelled shots: France's COVID vaccine rollout falters


  • World
  • Saturday, 30 Jan 2021

An empty vaccination booth is seen at a coronavirus disease vaccination center in the city hall of the 17th district in Paris, which was not allowed to open because of a COVID-19 vaccines shortage in France, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

RIBECOURT-LA-TOUR, France (Reuters) - Renaud Georges was days from receiving his first coronavirus vaccine shot, an injection he hoped would allow him to hug his grandchildren for the first time in months. Then he received a text message informing him the appointment was cancelled.

"It's a massive disappointment," he said. "For us the vaccine is the only way out of this miserable crisis."

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